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Meaning of petaton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Examples

“Holonyms: exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)”
“Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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